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 Gottagetthrough (original poster member #27325) posted at 8:28 PM on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022

BIL was diagnosed with stage 2 b colon cancer last year. He had some bleeding before he got checked out and knew about it for maybe 3 mos before diagnosis, then 2 mos passed between diagnosis and surgery.

They removed about a foot of his colon.

His doctor recommended chemo. Bil declined. Bil said that chemo only makes the cancer hide and then it comes back with a vengeance several years later. He wanted to heal himself with "dense nutrition "

He is a heavy whisky drinker and loves red meat. Rare. He was about 5’7", 250lbs at surgery in Feb 2021, and when we saw him at Thanksgiving 2021 he was about 275 lbs. (so hes gained a little)

His mom died of pancreatic cancer in May 2021. I sent a gift basket to him and sis. I asked what he would want as I knew they were doing dense nutrition. She said a wine basket. (It had 2 red and 1 white on my sister’s suggestion) with chocolate and crackers that sis said she would eat.

At thanksgiving sis said they have to get back on their dense nutrition diet because they had been eating lots of fast food. I guess work had been crazy .

My question: red meat, alcohol, and being overweight, and a previous history of cancer are all flags for colon cancer. Those of you who know about colon cancer- his actions are the absolute worst possible things to do, right?

Im wondering of his cancer has come back and thats why my sister (his wife) is being so nasty to me.

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tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 1:44 PM on Thursday, March 24th, 2022

Its a shame he chose not to have treatment as the chemo for colon cancer is pretty benign when compared to every other cancer tx. Colon cancer tx has a very high cure rate, and if you keep up on your screenings chances are he would have been cured.

That said yes he is not helping himself. The new school of thought is to eliminate sugar of any kind from your diet so all carbs, all sugars, prevents cancers from growing/returning.

But yes the evidence currently does indicate that red meat, alcohol are bad for colon cancer. As is obesity.

Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.

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